Proxmox

Proxmox is a primarily a virtualization platform.

Open source.

Built on Debian. (all normal linux commands work)

Suitable for both homelab and datacenter.

Allows clustering of physical machines.

Uses a webgui to manage/monitor.

Also can manage ZFS storage.

Can manage VM's and LXC's

We mostly use LXC's (got a base template set up)

There is a root login, but recommended to use yer skynet account.

Demo Time

Creating a new LXC (Proxmox)

1. Login to Proxmox
2. Top right, Create Container
3. Set Hostname (example), Upload Admin public key
4. Select template
5. Set Disk/CPU/Memory
6. Set IPv4 address and gateway (193.1.99.xyz/26, 193.1.99.65)
7. Finish

Creating a new LXC (Nixos config)

1. Create a new Machine
2. Set hostname and IP
3. Add to flake.nix
4. Bootup the server in Proxmox and ssh into it (using above key)
5. cat /etc/ssh/ssh_host_ed25519_key.pub into /secrets/secrets.nix
6. agenix -r - grant the new server access to secrets.
7. colmena apply --on @dns - Update records
8. colmena apply --on example

Use this time to explore the nixos repo to explain